Theology Flashcards
Introduction to the Old Testament
The Bible is divided into two major sections, the _____ and the _____.
Old Testament and New Testament
In Catholic Bibles, the Old Testament contains…
89
26
46
64
books.
46
The Old Testament is important to three major world religions, _____, _____, and _____.
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
These three religions are
polytheistic
monotheistic, meaning their followers believe in one god.
Monotheistic
The Old Testament in Christian Bibles is divided into…
10
3
6
4
different sections
4
These four sections of the Old Testament are the
A) _____
B) _____
C) _____
D) _____.
A) The Pentateuch or Torah
B) The Historical Books
C) The Wisdom Books
D) The Books of the Prophets
Genisis is the first book of the Old Testament.
A) This word means _____ or _____.
Option. Beginning
Source. One
Source or Beginning
What are the important themes of the first books of the Old Testament?
Everything God created is Good and Holy.
Sin and Evil are real.
God promises to care for those who are faithful.
Most likely, the author of the Book of Genesis was _____.
Moses
The Book of Genesis begins with the story of _____.
Creation
Chapter two tells the story of _____ and _____.
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve ate from the tree of _____, which allowed them to see flaws in the world.
Knowledge
Of those three, _____ killed _____ because he was very jealous of him.
Cain killed Abel
Because of all the hatred in the world, God decided to send a great _____ to cleanse the world of evil.
Flood
God asked _____ to build an ark big enough to save his family and two of every animal from the disaster.
Noah
After the flood, humans decided to build a _____, tall enough to reach Heaven. This was called the _____ of _____.
A) Tower
B) Tower of Babel
This attempt by humans made God angry, so he mixed up their _____ so they could not understand each other.
Languages
God re-named this man _____, which means “Father of Many.”
Abraham
God made three promises to this man. They all were based on the fact that he would have many _____.
Descendants/Kids
Abraham eventually had _____ sons.
9
His second son, who was also Sarah’s son, was named _____.
Isaac
Jacob loved this son so much, he gave him a _____ of many colors.
Coat
The boy then lived in _____ as a slave to the King
Egypt
